Come on guy's. Think of the possibilities. Oh is it water resistant? Maybe if I got a set of bagpipes I might be more popular on the trail. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Especially in the sitting position. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Reminds me of the time I was hiking in the Never Summer Area of Colorado and down the trail came a male backpacker with his girlfriend. She was wear one of those 80's flaired miniskirts. I can't imagine it being modest on any of the steep trails <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />, keeping the bugs off, keeping her legs and bottom warm or being practical except for being cool.
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Yeah, but you can imagine? Lol... a red headed giant in a quilted skirt? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Well, I guess no one would give him grief...lol!
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I saw the skirt in the recent Montbell catalog, and I can see how it might be useful. I have a hard time keeping my butt and hips warm in the cold. And it's easy to take off when you warm up, unlike layers worn underneath pants.
I've met a good number of (scottish I suppose) hikers in traditional or plain kilt; found that alright (nice swinging of kilt, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />, and lovely calves too <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />)
May I suggest a matching backpack... Rest assured you will never be shot at by hunters -- not accidentally anyway. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Perhaps that wee short thing could pass for a kilt in the united states, but those of us proper subjects of her majesty of typical male proportions know a proper kilt needs a lower hemline to make sure mister happy doesn't wave to the crowd from underneath.. Aren't your pints smaller too? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Phat, you just reminded me of the old story about the two Texans who stopped to relieve themselves in the middle of a bridge. One commented, "My, that water's cold." The other replied, "And deep, too." <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I find it pretty amusing that "normal straight males" have so much fear of loosing their group identity as a "manly man" by wearing something not considered manly by - whom? Your grandma? (no offense grandmas) Lets say you spend all day slogging a canyon hunting, kill a deer gut it, carry out a piece and go back for another while covered with dried blood, fight a bear for the second half, spend a night out in the cold lost but manage a self rescue. Still you couldn't be seen hiking in a skirt because someone else woosier than you might call you a sissy for breaking the male clothing code. I'm very tempted to start hiking in a cargo skirt next season (with my .44 on a web belt) just because I like to make people look at their prejudices. I always wear the women's long underwear cause it doesn't have a hole in the front, oh and they're violet - <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> You guys with big sharp knifes probably wouldn't hike in a cargo skirt huh? Anybody wanna call me a sissy and follow me up a mountain tied to me with a rope? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> When I was a kid men simply could not be seen in shorts, and BTW there were no bikinis yet either, but isn't it interesting that women can and do have the freedom to wear anything at all , or noting at all, and nobody comments that their clothing detracts much from their femininity. Yet men have been wearing the same Levis and shirts for hundreds of years. The Scott's and Romans knew how to wear a skirt. Go ahead - call a bunch of Roman soldiers femme for wearing their battle kilts - ha ha - how bout a sword through yer heart smart Alec? Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Now only grandmas will hike with me <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> In the alps you are often passed by an 80 year old lady in an ankle length skirt. No there's someone who would be embarrassed to be seen wearing pants - or a cargo skirt. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> P.P.S> The pack matches my marmot down coat. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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Paddy quote"If there was a functional reason for wearing a skirt, I might consider it. But I only see disadvantages and no advantages" ____________________________________
how about chaffing - a common complaint of long distance hikers, and sweating between the legs while hiking in hot weather. I have worked as a brasero in the vineyards in Napa where we only wore loose cutoffs - unzipped, so the wind could blow through more easily. Climbing over rocks, a skirt would bind less. BUT I'll bet there are skirt wearers in this group who cold tell us a thing or two - come on Daisy or someone, help me out here. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Frankly I can also see where nude hiking or climbing might be best for certain weather conditions. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> A true purest has to climb nude to meet the rock on its own terms, but I preffer the addition of climbing shoes. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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I think our pints are the same size but I went to the outdoor store the other day and bought a pair of hiking socks I picked out from the discount bin and when I got em home I discovered that they were XL I thought I was a L. So I put em on and they fit. You know what they say about big feet. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
??? a cargo shirt sounds manly. What's a cargo shirt? You have to start a fashion trend not be a follower. Remember when the little kid rappers were wearing their oversized jeans backwards. Now look at all the kids wearing jeans that the crotch is almost dragging the ground. I'm not saying that is a good look but someone started a trend now it's sold in walmart. I keep kidding my daughter about making her shoes and fashion accessories from duct tape. Well with the economy it may come to that.
Heck there are advantages! warm weather coolness - no need to even unzip - convenince unmatched even by a pee bottle in your sleeping bag! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I can definately see places it would be ok. - just wear a sporrin and call it a kilt if you don't feel manly.
Of course there are mosquitos.. a problem when wearing a kilt traditionally..
Passed. They were on the way out and I was on the way in. Now way was I going to give up my (at the time) only week of good packing for the year <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
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